Procopius Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Here's all the modelling I've done so far for 2012, minus a few binned failures (AZ Spitfire Vb with horribly askew landing gear, some others) and a Whif (USN Sea Hawk). I expect to finish a Merlin and hopefully a fast jet before the arrival of the new year, but this is probably pretty representative of my work as a whole. Please excuse the quality of the photos, I use my phone camera, and please excuse the quality of the models as well. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbuna Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Looks like quite a collection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted December 5, 2012 Author Share Posted December 5, 2012 Quantity has a quality all its own. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phildagreek Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Wow, that's some output, my own meagre productions of a couple of boats & a couple of helo's makes me almost ashamed. Very good effort indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plasticbutcher Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Good year so far! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meatbox8 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 That's exactly sixteen more models than I've completed this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumphfan Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Looks like a good output and good looking fit and finish too. You have got me thinking with this post. I should keep a log of what I have done and when. Most of my building time is during the Winter months but I can't remember what I built around the beginning of this year. Steve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Driver66 Posted December 5, 2012 Share Posted December 5, 2012 Don't think I'm the only one to be put to shame by your efforts, need to make over a dozen to make up this years deficit. Great effort. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 I'dve done more, but we bought a house and I spent several months refurbishing the interior before I could get back to work. This is probably about half (at best, probably closer to a third) of what I did last year, when I still did everything with a paintbrush. Now I take a lot more care in assembly and painting and pay more attention to filler, sanding off mold lines, etc., all things I've learned here. For 2013, I'm hoping to learn how to scribe and rescribe, and maybe even how to weather. But I feel like I'm approaching the near-mythical "average modeller" level of skill at long last. Also, now that I'm a man of property, I can finally start on my Valiant (to be done in a bare-metal Suez scheme) and Lancasters! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumphfan Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Crikey! You don't offer coaching sessions in time management by any chance? Very well done sir. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCinLA Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Good taste in reading material (David Halberstam: "The Fifties - the "smiley" here reminds me of some of the movies out then that good little boys weren't supposed to know about) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkers Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 (edited) What's the large contra prop in the middle ? First time for ages I've been stumped . Also are they all 1/72 ? Cracking collection. Edited December 6, 2012 by Checkers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ice35 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Very nice collection and i think the contraprop is a Westland Wyvern? Richard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kev67 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 I think you have done more models on that table than what I have done in a lifetime Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkers Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Very nice collection and i think the contraprop is a Westland Wyvern? Richard Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val_Ukraine Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Nice collection! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Great models. Can't help but think that sitting the Wyvern next to a Spit' wasn't a good idea though, polar opposite looks wise Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted December 6, 2012 Author Share Posted December 6, 2012 Great models. Can't help but think that sitting the Wyvern next to a Spit' wasn't a good idea though, polar opposite looks wise Something wonderful/awful happened in British postwar aircraft design, where only airplanes so ugly that they were beautiful again seemed to get built (Hunter excepted); TSR2 (beautiful/cancelled), Valiant & Victor (straight out of Thomas the Tank Engine/built), Wyvern (banana-shaped), P.1154 (gorgeous/cancelled)...think about it, won't you? Anyway, I love the Spitfire above all, but I have a strange fondness for the Wyvern's clumsy beauty, too. Also, they're next to each other because I'm a little crazy, and I like to think of my models as an aviation museum in miniature, so I can finally get a sense of scale. Good taste in reading material (David Halberstam: "The Fifties - the "smiley" here reminds me of some of the movies out then that good little boys weren't supposed to know about) I'm following up the ubiquitous Bill Bryson's Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and J. Ronald Oakley's God's Country: America in the 1950s. It's such a fascinating decade in American (and world, obviously) history. I'm hoping to read Empire of the Clouds after this, if I can find a copy. Thanks for all the kind words, everyone! I daresay my builds don't look as nice up close as most of yours, and I'm almost invariably envious of the work I see here every day. I'm happy to read that I am exceptional at least in build time, though! As an aside: did anyone write a book like Eric Grove's postwar history of the Royal Navy Vanguard to Trident for the RAF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfpack Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Don't read Empire of the Clouds. It makes you want to weep! I did. W Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen T Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 A fine collection and a great years output. Glen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
noeyedears Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Jeez, i have finished three this year. thats some going matey! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parabat Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Nice JV 44 Dora, congrats on finishing so many good looking planes! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
j_jza80 Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Something wonderful/awful happened in British postwar aircraft design, where only airplanes so ugly that they were beautiful again seemed to get built (Hunter excepted); TSR2 (beautiful/cancelled), Valiant & Victor (straight out of Thomas the Tank Engine/built), Wyvern (banana-shaped), P.1154 (gorgeous/cancelled)...think about it, won't you? Anyway, I love the Spitfire above all, but I have a strange fondness for the Wyvern's clumsy beauty, too. Also, they're next to each other because I'm a little crazy, and I like to think of my models as an aviation museum in miniature, so I can finally get a sense of scale. I really like the Wyvern, it's a beast. but next to a Mitchells greatest work, it looks like it was penned by a child. The only exceptions I can think of to your rule are the Hunter, Hawk and Vulcan. I like the Frightening but it's hardly a conventional looker. However, Anglo-French aircraft design put out a few stunners, namely Concorde and Jaguar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forlornhope Posted December 6, 2012 Share Posted December 6, 2012 Thats a fantastic effort my friend and they all look brilliant. Which kit is Sea Venom? Looking forward to seeing more next year Cheers Callum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Procopius Posted December 7, 2012 Author Share Posted December 7, 2012 It is, alas, the Cyber-Hobby kit, to my eternal shame. Should have sprung for CMR! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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